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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"I was gone" when there was a red line against Syria.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."  
Mostly False
September 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2016 remarks in Michigan
The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • August 24, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 1, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "Marco Rubio didn’t show up" for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."
Mostly False
July 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention
In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2016
Mark Geist
Mark Geist
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a rally in Raleigh, N.C.
"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 comments on his Fox News program
"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton
Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet
"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press
Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.
Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."
Mostly False
April 1, 2016
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